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Paul Lock is the founder and Managing Director of Pan Asia Metals, the only battery metals company with lithium mining and processing projects under feasibility in Southeast Asia. With over a decade of mineral exploration experience in Southeast Asia, Paul is a seasoned expert in the region and the industry.

Before founding Pan Asia Metals, he served as a corporate adviser at Everspring Partners and worked in various roles in corporate advisory and leveraged finance at the Commonwealth Bank of Australia. He also has experience as a derivatives trader and high-yield bond investor at Rothschild & Co. and worked in the commodity trading division at Marubeni Corporation. Paul holds various academic qualifications, including a Master of Political Economy from Sydney University and a Master of Business Administration from Macquarie Graduate School of Management, and is also a member of AusIMM.